Oct. 13, 2017
Law school applicants could be freed from taking admissions tests
Proposal would permit ABA law schools to admit students who didn’t take LSAT or any other exam.
Marc L. Miller, dean of the University of Arizona's law school, said removing the mandate for applicants to take standard admission tests would inspire innovation in determining who is likely to succeed and become a lawyer.
Law schools would no longer need to require applicants to take a standardized test under a proposal the American Bar Association’s legal education council will consider next month.
That revision to the ABA’s accreditation standards would be a major change from the mandate that ABA schools ensure applicants have taken a “valid and reliable admission test.”
Most law schools require applicants to take ...
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